Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to acquire 712 acres of land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, amid the protests of environmentalists and activist groups. The proposal would exchange the wildlife refuge land for 692 acres of land in Starbase, SpaceX’s headquarters on the southern tip of Texas. Starbase was officially designated […]
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Well, Elon Musk Got What He Wanted. Starbase Is Texas’ Newest City
Elon Musk set his sights on making Starbase a city for years. The tech billionaire made that a reality on Saturday. Residents of Starbase went to the polls to vote on a measure incorporating the area as an official city. More than two-thirds of eligible voters worked for SpaceX, Musk’s rocket-making company, or expressed their […]
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Sorry, South Texas. Maybe Lawmakers Do Want More SpaceX Rockets on Our Beaches
UPDATE: May 2, 2025 Maybe Elon Musk can’t be stopped after all. Late Wednesday night, the Texas House State Affairs Committee revived a Senate version of House Bill 4660, which gives SpaceX control of the South Texas Beach it’s currently set up on. PREVIOUS STORY: After months of lobbying from Rio Grande Valley environmental activists […]
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As If He Needed More of Our Money, Texas Gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX Another $17.3 Million
Elon Musk — cheater at video games, Austin-based father of (at least) 14 children, and apparent supervisor to President Donald Trump — is getting millions of dollars more from the state of Texas, all while he slashes government spending. A $17.3 million state grant will go toward Elon Musk’s SpaceX for the expansion of Starlink, […]
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Locals Say SpaceX Is Polluting Sacred Land. This Project Aims to Preserve It.
Among the Carrizo Comecrudo people of Texas, it is said that the state’s rivers are like ancestors. As they flow toward the sea, they bring their abundance, their beauty, and their knowledge with them. In South Texas, the place where these rivers meet and empty into the Gulf of Mexico is a sacred life source […]
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Elon Musk Secretly Funded ‘Pedophile’ Fliers, Attack Ads Against Texas Prosecutor
Elon Musk, the Austin-based father of (at least) 12 children who creepily offered to impregnate Taylor Swift earlier this week, secretly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in an unsuccessful attempt to remove Travis County District Attorney José Garza from office, according to a blockbuster Wall Street Journal exclusive. Musk — who runs Tesla, SpaceX, […]